A diagnostic system that estimated lower levels of education and socio-economic status for persons actually diagnosed with schizophrenia disorder would be demonstrating __________.
A) sensitivity
B) predictive validity
C) concurrent validity
D) stigmatization
E) reliability

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Concurrent validity refers to the degree to which a test correlates with other measures of the same construct that are obtained at the same time. In this case, the diagnostic system is demonstrating concurrent validity because it is estimating lower levels of education and socio-economic status for persons actually diagnosed with schizophrenia disorder, which is consistent with other measures of these constructs.

A Diagnostic System That Estimated Lower Levels of Education and Socio-Economic